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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Painful Hand

I am having a RA flare and my wrists/hands are the worst. I have noticed that my veins in my hands become extremely swollen and painful when they are below my heart. I have never had this happen before. I am taking Enbrel and was just started on methotrexate 2.5mg tablets four pills a week and prednisone 20mg once daily. This has been my worst RA flare ever and it started 3 weeks after hip surgery for FAI. No complications with surgery. The RA flare has been worse than the surgery and the recovery. I can barely use my hands and I am very worried. Please help!
Mon, 29 Jun 2015
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Orthopaedic Surgeon,  's  Response
Hello,

I have studied your case with diligence.

I can help you better if you post x ray reports and blood reports to me.

You can take dose of methotrexate.
I will advise dose 7.5mg weekly.
You can start combination consulting your treating doctor

NSAIDs, DMARDs (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs) are sometimes prescribed in severe cases.
Newer biologics have role in RA.

There is good role of diet and achieve correction through it, for details you can directly contact on my profile
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vaibhav-gandhi/63503

Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.

Wishing you good health.

Take care.

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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Painful Hand

Hello, I have studied your case with diligence. I can help you better if you post x ray reports and blood reports to me. You can take dose of methotrexate. I will advise dose 7.5mg weekly. You can start combination consulting your treating doctor NSAIDs, DMARDs (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs) are sometimes prescribed in severe cases. Newer biologics have role in RA. There is good role of diet and achieve correction through it, for details you can directly contact on my profile http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vaibhav-gandhi/63503 Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. Wishing you good health. Take care.